What Gives?
Somehow, I feel led to share what has been on my heart the past few weeks. Since I am heading into the final stretch of the semester, I had so many thoughts and emotions roll through my mind and heart like a rush of wind.
Comparison is the thief of joy. How am I going to break that down?
It starts with a Facebook post, an Instagram post, a Tweet. Then I see people share about getting engaged, a pregnancy, wedding photos, and everything else under the sun. And then questions come into my mind, such as, "Why not me?"
"Why am I still single?"
"Am I pretty enough?"
"Am I smart enough?"
Then a feeling a dread comes in...rushing, rushing, rushing like the Cumberland River during a storm where there's a flood.
But snap back to reality. What gives?
That's how you know comparison is the thief of joy. It leads to jealousy and bitterness. It leads to acting without thinking. It leads to discouragement.
What's the cure? It's knowing your strengths and showing them off gracefully.
2 Timothy 2:15 says this: "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."
There is a lot I can go on and on about, but it is better to focus on you than to focus on what people think, what your past is, and anything goes.
Anyways, I hope this post helps a bit. In the meantime, midterms are coming.
Comparison is the thief of joy. How am I going to break that down?
It starts with a Facebook post, an Instagram post, a Tweet. Then I see people share about getting engaged, a pregnancy, wedding photos, and everything else under the sun. And then questions come into my mind, such as, "Why not me?"
"Why am I still single?"
"Am I pretty enough?"
"Am I smart enough?"
Then a feeling a dread comes in...rushing, rushing, rushing like the Cumberland River during a storm where there's a flood.
But snap back to reality. What gives?
That's how you know comparison is the thief of joy. It leads to jealousy and bitterness. It leads to acting without thinking. It leads to discouragement.
What's the cure? It's knowing your strengths and showing them off gracefully.
2 Timothy 2:15 says this: "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."
There is a lot I can go on and on about, but it is better to focus on you than to focus on what people think, what your past is, and anything goes.
Anyways, I hope this post helps a bit. In the meantime, midterms are coming.
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